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IN BRIEF

TELECOMS operators have been told by the European Commission to legally separate their cable TV networks from their telecom activities. Operators might then be forced to give-up their cable TV networks altogether if their ownership posed problems under EU competition law, the Commission said. The move, which goes beyond current EU rules requiring operators to keep separate accounts for cable ventures, is expected to boost competition in the entire telecoms sector.

European Voice

12/17/97, 5:00 PM CET

Updated 4/12/14, 2:45 AM CET

THE Commission called this week for Russia and China to be taken off a list of ‘non-market’ economies under its anti-dumping regulation. It says that where items from those countries are produced under market conditions, the EU should be able to use domestic data to determine whether their export price is fair. But it argues the EU should still be able to treat certain sectors as ‘non-market’, and thus determine pricing by looking at ‘analogous’ economies, on a case-by-case basis.

THE Court of First Instance this week annulled a decision by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) not to appoint an applicant to a job who was more qualified than some of the successful candidates. Their appointments were also annulled. The case was brought by unsuccessful applicant Dominique Bareth, who argued that internal candidates had been favoured.

THE Commission is planning legal action against six member states for failing to respect EU environmental laws. Officials said warning letters had been sent to Belgium, Germany, France, Greece and Spain, and proceedings at the European Court of Justice were being started against Italy. The member states concerned have allegedly failed to respect laws on a variety of issues including waste disposal, the protection of endangered species and water quality.

SIX member states are to receive formal warnings from the Commission over their failure to implement the 1993 Working Time Directive. France, the UK, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal have all been asked to explain why they have not implemented the directive, and could face legal proceedings if they do not provide satisfactory responses.